as in lie
a statement that is only partly true and that is intended to deceive people
I'm tired of all these half-truths—I want to know the real story.
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Recent Examples of half-truth
Everybody is lying or telling half-truths the whole time in this show.
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Max Gao, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
Related article Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule
During this short period of whiplash, by the worst battlefield estimates, up to 5,000 troops have been killed or injured on the frontlines in Ukraine.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Tribune reporter Ronald Yates then revealed in 1976 that two witnesses were forced to tell half-truths and withhold vital information during Toguri’s trial.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
In his two days of hearings, Kennedy will offer excuses and half-truths, as well as full-on lies, anything to get approval.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
After the Los Angeles fires, lies and half-truths about California's water policies and the state's emergency response spread at breakneck speed.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
The gaslighting and half-truths left viewers with unanswered questions and a sense of manipulation.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That half-truth avoids the fact that warmer oceans generate stronger storms with heavier downfalls.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
These half-truths, lies, distortions, and trickery were most troubling for me.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
Max Gao, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
Related article Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule
During this short period of whiplash, by the worst battlefield estimates, up to 5,000 troops have been killed or injured on the frontlines in Ukraine.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Tribune reporter Ronald Yates then revealed in 1976 that two witnesses were forced to tell half-truths and withhold vital information during Toguri’s trial.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
In his two days of hearings, Kennedy will offer excuses and half-truths, as well as full-on lies, anything to get approval.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
After the Los Angeles fires, lies and half-truths about California's water policies and the state's emergency response spread at breakneck speed.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
The gaslighting and half-truths left viewers with unanswered questions and a sense of manipulation.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That half-truth avoids the fact that warmer oceans generate stronger storms with heavier downfalls.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
These half-truths, lies, distortions, and trickery were most troubling for me.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-truth
Noun
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What follows is the unearthing of an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond her own life, leading to the discovery of a psychology experiment on a pair of twins – once hailed as a revolutionary success but now revealed to be a terrible lie affecting thousands around the world.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Instead, he’s seemingly chosen to rely on the lies spun up by Putin and his disinformation agents.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Icelandic helmer Baltasar Kormákur directed the first episode and was heavily involved in the series, which brings an historical tale of Harold, Earl of Wessex (Norton), and William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), to life.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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Notably, there was zero mention of Baldoni or his company, Wayfarer Studios, which had brought on Sony to market and distribute their adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel about a woman caught up in an intertwining tale of new love and domestic abuse.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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Reuters This story has been updated with additional information.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Source: National Interagency Fire Center This story was originally published February 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Feb. 2025
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